Path tortuosity of Eurasian badgers (Meles meles) in a heterogeneous Mediterranean landscape

Ecological Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 837-844

  Loureiro, Filipa ^a   Rosalino, Luís Miguel ^a   Macdonald, David W ^b   Santos Reis, Margarida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eurasian badger; Fractal analysis; Mediterranean habitats; Random walks; Tortuosity

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; LANDSCAPE; MOVEMENT; MUSTELID; SPATIAL VARIATION; TORTUOSITY; WALKING;

ANIMALIA; MELES MELES; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 36148966123     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-006-0325-0     Document Type: Article

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